Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2025

[browningautorifle]

the flasks inside a Ferret

Interesting, I suppose I didn't hang round them enough to see them with everything installed. Two of them, no less. Looks like the same one.

[Aragorn243]

Well that photo shows how the labels get messed up. They were used in quite a few things from what I've read, tanks also. Continued use postwar but the handles are different. Post war thermos have a stepped handle.

[browningautorifle]

Well that photo shows how the labels get messed up.

Lucky they were present at all. We didn't care about that sort of thing and would scrub off something ratty with steel wool. Then, paint...

[Flying10uk]

Someone on eBay UK does new repro labels.

[browningautorifle]

new repro labels.

Yes, of course. There's market for them.

[painter777]

I tracked down to being a German WWI era tin plate artillery piece in good working condition.

Boy it looks in great condition. Another nice find for you
Appears to be the same (?) as in this link: Stewarts Military Antiques - - German WWI Era Tinplate Toy Cannon - $75.00

[browningautorifle]

One collector says he's seen a few on the market in three different types, 20, 25 and 30mm. Says this is the first one that was actually painted.

Yes, as I think you now know it's a diamond pre segmented frag. Very hard to find.

[Aragorn243]

Boy it looks in great condition. Another nice find for you
Appears to be the same (?) as in this link: Stewarts Military Antiques - - German WWI Era Tinplate Toy Cannon - $75.00

That's the site that made me decide to buy it. Seemed a no brainer. They were only asking $15 for the one I bought. I use google image search for a lot of the things I buy. That page popped right up.

[Aragorn243]

I did get a couple of things this weekend. I picked up a US mess fork, no date. Not sure if it's tin plated or stainless. Seems tin plated which would make it WWII but not sure. Same place had a Civil War era metal fork with a wood and pewter handle. No evidence this was used in the war, it was just cheap and looks similar to those I've seen.

Saturday I almost missed a 75mm shell sitting on the floor of an antique shop. Only wanted $30 for it with a complete fuse dated 1917. Shell is also dated 1917. It's been fired but still has the driving band with rifling grooves. Figured I'd clean it up a bit before taking photos. Rim is a bit larger than the fuse, not sure if this happened during the firing process. Tried to tap it smaller but no go on that. Not wanting to break it so not hitting it that hard.

It's a shrapnel shell from my research. would have been filled with 44 caliber lead balls. US, has the ordnance bomb on the bottom. Inside looks like a sewer pipe. covered in rust that I'd like to get under control. Would electrolysis work if I filled the interior with the liquid or does the entire thing need submerged?

[browningautorifle]

a 75mm shell

Looking forward to seeing that one.